Stormy and Funny Stories

It’s Thursday and the kids have only gone to school one day this week because of heavy rains and dirt roads that are not so suitable for driving in bad weather. This is great for the kids and a lot of extra hard work for the Tias (myself included). Entertaining kids for days on end is hard stuff!!! And the tears are flowing today (from the kids' eyes not mine haha)… probably from a lack of school structure and too much time to get into trouble : ) The best, though, was the first night when we were calling the school to see if it was cancelled: We were all downstairs and all 18 girls flocked around the phone which we had put on speaker phone. When they said school was cancelled they all let out a cheer and we popped in a movie and stayed up “late” which here is only until about 10pm! It reminded me of being a kid and being sooo excited for school to be cancelled.

Some funny stories from the past week:
There is a storage shed here for food and clothing called the Bodega. I happened to be in the Bodega looking for a snack when someone walked out and closed the door with me inside. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem except for the fact that the door locks from the outside. So here I am locked inside the storage!!! I was only in there for about 15 minutes before someone walked by and let me out. All the kids and other Tias had a good laugh at me.

Also, there is a bird—I think it’s a pigeon—who decided to nest right outside my room my bed. So all night long I hear wings flapping and strange bird sounds. I think it’s starting to affect my dreams. Haha.

Then, also, because the storm is much stronger than they are used to everything is leaking. My door has become a nice waterfall right in my very own room! I like storms a lot. But, my room now smells so bad of mold that I had to sleep in another room last night. So, I’m not sure I like Mexican storms much…

Oh! And probably the coolest and most important thing is that for those of you praying, I have totally noticed a difference in the kids in my study group! Thanks to God! They have all been attentive and following directions lately, so keep praying for them! Pray also for their hearts to be penetrated by the love of God. A lot of the kids struggle I think with feeling unloved and unwanted. They crave attention (all of this totally makes sense, but it’s hard to watch).

Thanks everyone for your prayers!

One last thing is my address! If you want to send something (remember I leave March 31st) send it to:

YUGO Ministries
Emily Huebscher
PO Box 58
National City, CA
91951-0058